Whitehall 1212 - The Man Who Murdered His Wife

Sixteen months after the Easter Blitz of 1941, the work of clearing out bombed out areas of London was still progressing. On the 12th of July 1942, the Scotland Yard information room received an urgent call from Police Constable John Dunn of the Kensington district. A patrol car in which Chief Inspector Purcell was riding was dispatched to the scene. a partially destroyed Baptist Chapel. Purcell was directed to the spot by PC Dunn, who was on point duty at the road intersection. Dunn says "Right over there, sir. Where you see the men standing. They found something, sir, the men working here". Purcell says "Right, thank you. Morning boys, what have you found?" One of the workers asks "Who are you, mate?" Purcell says "I'm Chief Inspector Purcell, of Scotland Yard. What's up?" The worker says "Down, sir. Down there in that old burial vault". Purcell asks "But, what is it?" The worker says "A skeleton, sir. He's dead". Another worker says "Hop down and charge in, Sean, with your torch". Sean gets into the vault and says "You see, sir, here he is". Purcell says "Stand to one side, will you?" Sean says "He's under this stone slab, sir. See?" Purcell says "I see him. Well, what's so strange about a skeleton in a burial vault?" Sean says "There ain't been anybody in there since 1934, sir. I was in that gang that moved the old corpses out of here in 1934. We didn't leave a one". Sean sneezes, and Purcell says "Bless you". Sean says "It's the Quick Lime down here, sir". Purcell asks "Quick lime? How did Quick Lime get down there? Sean says "You're the detective, mister. We just work here".